There is a tree in the east of the sky, with a dragon holding a candle underneath.
I will cut off the dragon's feet and chew its flesh so that it cannot return to the court and cannot lie down at night.
Naturally, the old will not die, and the young will not cry.
——Excerpt from "Bitter Days Are Short" by Li He (Tang Dynasty)
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"Bah," the centurion spat on the ground, snorted coldly, and cursed: "Let me pay homage to you, you little brat, you have such a good idea!"
"Crack!" The centurion's eyes were dazzled, and he was slapped twice in the mouth. The centurion was slapped until stars appeared in his eyes, and his cheeks were burning with pain.
"Bah", the centurion spat another mouthful of bloody phlegm, and four bloody teeth suddenly appeared on the ground.
"good!"
When all the scholars and guests saw that Bai Fu had taken action to punish the murderer, they felt happy and couldn't help but cheer in unison.
The centurion was furious, drew his scimitar, and prepared to pounce on Bai Fu.
Bai Fu's face darkened and he shouted: "According to the military regulations of the coalition forces, if you do not pay respects to your superiors when you see them, the superiors may punish you in accordance with the regulations. Anyone who dares to do something wrong will offend the power of the tiger and will be punished by military law!"
The two people behind the centurion hurriedly hugged him and said: "Boss, the Han people are cunning, don't fall for this man's trick." The centurion screamed angrily, like a wounded beast, struggling to death.
When all the scholars saw the centurion's fierce expression, they couldn't help but take two steps back, trembling with fear.
A Uighur captain heard the sound and came over. Seeing the centurion being humiliated, he was about to get angry when he suddenly saw Bai Fu and was startled.
This captain was Zile'er, the personal commander of Uighur Yehu, and he recognized Bai Fu. When Chang'an was recaptured, Bai Fu scolded Uighur Yehu and General Di De in front of the Mingde Gate. Zile'er vividly remembered the scene.
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Zile'er has a bad heart, and this Bai Fu is a ruthless character who is difficult to deal with. If you are not careful, it may be difficult to escape unscathed today.
Zileer shouted to the centurion: "Azaya, don't be impudent! Salute to General Bai quickly!"
Centurion Azaya restrained himself when he saw Zil'er. He had no choice but to kneel down on one knee and salute the White Army.
After stabilizing Azaya, Zileer bowed to Bai Fu and said: "General Bai, we have no enmity with you, why do you want to insult me, a good Huihe man?"
Bai Fu had some free time and said with a smile: "You came just in time. Is it Lord Ye Hu's idea to send troops to plunder?"
Zile'er's face changed, and he repeated this sentence in vain. It was a double entendre. If the answer is careless, it will be a heartbreaking remark.
Zileer hurriedly replied: "When the rebels looted Chang'an, many palace treasures were lost among the people. I heard that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was sending troops to search for these treasures from house to house. We Huihe soldiers came forward and were willing to serve His Majesty. But we are free on the grassland.
I'm used to being comfortable, and I don't understand your Tang Dynasty etiquette. If I offend you, please forgive me, General Bai."
Bai Fu stared at Ziler and said in his heart: "This person deserves to be Ye Hu's personal follower. His words are reasonable and well-founded. It's not good to embarrass them again."
Bai Fu solemnly said: "In this case, I won't embarrass you. Let your soldiers put down their loot and withdraw to the military camp.
Let's forget what happened today and don't do it next time. If I, General, catch you robbing people again, I won't be polite."
Zile'er let out a long breath and thought to himself: "What a risk, we finally avoided this hero." He bowed, waved his hand, and led the Huihe soldiers to slowly withdraw from the Bashu Guild Hall.
Seeing the Uighur soldiers putting down their belongings and leaving, the guild hall burst into cheers. The soldiers who had just been insulted by the Uighur soldiers felt even more proud.
Seeing this fight, the big thing turned into a small matter, and the trivial matter turned into a trivial matter. Unexpectedly, there were extraneous matters.
Centurion Azaya walked out of the Bashu guild hall, and the Uighur soldiers were unloading the looted money and goods from their horses according to the instructions of Centurion Ziler and returning them to the shopkeepers of the robbed shops.
The people watching suddenly felt relieved and burst into cheers from time to time.
The centurion's soldiers unloaded the two plundered women from their horses and untied the ropes. These two pretty girls were originally snatched by the soldiers to honor Azaya. Azaya thought of a good thing and was taken away.
Zile'er and Bai Fu destroyed it and cursed in their hearts.
The two girls escaped from death, pulled up their clothes, ran away crying, and fled back to the crowd. The people watching were all indignant at the Uighur brutality and pointed at the Uighur soldiers.
The parents of the captured woman were even more furious and yelled in the direction of Centurion Azaya.
Azaya was already holding a fire in his heart, and when he heard the filthy words, he became furious. He got on his horse, whipped his horse whip, and rode towards the people who were watching. The people were frightened and ran away in all directions.
Seeing the people of Chang'an fleeing like sheep, Azaya laughed loudly and ran towards the parents of the captured woman without slowing down.
"No!" Zile'er was furious and shouted from behind him.
Azaya laughed ferociously, swung his machete, and chopped off the heads of the two old men. Blood splattered everywhere, the heads flew several feet away, and the bodies fell straight down...
"The Uighur soldiers are killing people!" the people screamed.
"Father! Mother!" A woman let out a lung-breaking scream. The woman fell to the ground and cried loudly. The cry was so pitiful that it was heartbreaking to hear it.
Zileer was stunned on the spot, thinking: "Oh no, Azaya is in big trouble now."
Hearing the screams at the door, Bai Fu, Huang Zhen and other scholars quickly walked out of the guild hall. They saw two old men lying in a pool of blood.
After listening to the descriptions of the onlookers, Bai Fu's face turned cold.
Bai Fu glanced at Huang Zhen, Huang Zhen understood the idea, raised his arms and said: "Brothers, get it for me!"
The gangsters from the Bashu Guild Hall roared out, slashing with swords and axes, dividing three by five, and captured all the Uighur soldiers. Only Ziler was left alone.
Zile'er has a bad heart, and what happened today is quite difficult and may not end well. But if he doesn't save Azaya and returns to the military camp, he will not be able to escape the blame.
Zileer hurriedly approached and whispered to Bai: "General Bai, this Azaya is the nephew of General Di De of Huihe. Please show mercy, General."
Bai Fu sneered and said: "Show mercy?! I showed mercy just now, but in exchange, you massacred the defenseless people!"
Zileer didn't know how to answer, so he had to argue: "General Bai, even if Azaya kills someone on the street, you don't have the power to punish him. The criminal should be handed over to Jing Zhaoyin for trial."
Bai Fu laughed loudly and said: "No power to punish?! Listen carefully, according to the wartime regulations of the Tang Dynasty, if the thieves burned, killed and looted, the people of the Tang Dynasty had the right to punish the thieves and kill the enemy to protect their homes and the country. Civil and military officials,
Regardless of whether you are high or low, you can kill first and then show off, and the decision will be made immediately!"
Zile'er was very anxious and said: "General Bai, human life is at stake, you can't be so hasty! He is a noble nobleman from Huihe!"
Bai Fu turned to look at Ziler, as if looking at a transparent person, and said slowly: "The life of the general's nephew is life, but the life of the common people is not life?"
Zile'er didn't know how to refute, but he couldn't just watch the general's nephew die tragically in Bai Fu's hands.
Zileer bravely warned: "General Bai, I have something to say first. If you insist on going your own way, triggering a war between Tang and He and bringing troops to the city, can you bear the responsibility?"
Bai Fu stared at Zile'er, his face sinking like water, and he said word by word: "I don't know whether I can bear it or not.
But as a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, he watched his compatriots being massacred in the streets and did nothing. That is a shame for soldiers and a shame for the Tang Dynasty!"
Bai Fu came out with fierce murderous intent. Without another word, he shouted: "Behead!"
Huang Zhen waited for these words, raised his knife and chopped off Azaya's head with one blow.